Rebecca M. White (1878-c. 1960) was born in Coatesville, Pennsylvania, and died in an unknown location. Her parents were Anna B. White Baker (b. Bradley) and Barclay White Jr, who passed away before White was born. In 1889, her mother married Alfred E. Baker, a homeopathic physician, and the family lived on a farm in East Bradford, Pennsylvania. Her parents became involved in Christian Science and were students of Mary Baker Eddy in 1898. White graduated from Wellesley College in Wellesley, Massachusetts, in 1900 and became an English teacher. While students at Wellesley, White and Mary V. Little started a Christian Science worship group which eventually grew into First Church of Christ, Scientist, Wellesley, Massachusetts. White soon moved back in with her parents, who were working closely with Eddy in Concord, New Hampshire. Eddy was fond of White, calling her "Dolly", and she gifted White a miniature silver oil lamp that was engraved with Eddy's name. White was a member of First Church of Christ, Scientist, Concord, New Hampshire, and she joined The First Church of Christ, Scientist, in Boston, Massachusetts, on June 11, 1901. She continued to reside with her parents, moving with them to Brookline, Massachusetts, in 1902, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in 1906, and returning to Massachusetts in the 1910s. By 1920, they were living in Newton, Massachusetts. White continued to reside in Newton, Massachusetts, for the rest of her life.

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